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If I Ruled The World: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Cyril Ornadel
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 58 BPM
- IV–vi–V–IV loop
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany If I Ruled The World without reading music. The left hand plays stumbling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 4) and the right hand steady chords.
If I Ruled The World accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Cm – Bb – Ab loop with stumbling footsteps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
How to read the bar sheet
The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.
Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.
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Questions about If I Ruled The World
What are the letter notes for the If I Ruled The World piano accompaniment?
Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Ab – Cm – Bb – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If I Ruled The World?
The loop is Ab – Cm – Bb – Ab (IV – vi – V – IV) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is If I Ruled The World in?
Eb major, at about 58 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If I Ruled The World?
Stumbling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If I Ruled The World easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.